As promised I am listing the positions of the B List GOP Candidates for President. I expect tons of praise heaped upon me for providing this public service for you supporters of a “B List” candidate! IF you have information about these candidates PLEASE add them to the comments and I will update as I am able to do so. I always try to be fair.

I am not using the term as a perjurative, but any candidate at this point who is hovering near 1% in national polls may think they’re in the game, but unless things change radically, they aren’t. Gov. Mike Huckabee I couldn’t find a Presidential site, opposes abortion rights, but respects rights as law, opposes same sex marriage, opposes Federal funding for medical care, favors privatization of Social Security, moderate towards school reform, strong anti-crime supporter, strongly supports gun ownership rights, favors path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, supports expanding free trade, no stated opinion on Patriot Act, favors strong military spending, supports anti-drug laws. Gov. Huckabee would be considered a Conservative/Centrist

Rep. Ron Paul (1988 Libertarian Party Candidate) favors lowering taxes, opposes free trade, opposes Iraq involvement, favors strong reform of immigration including fences, stronger enforcement of visa laws, no path to citizenship, no welfare for illegals, and end of birthright citizenship. opposes Patriot Act, opposes stem cell research funding, and is strongly anti-abortion, a fervent supporter of gun ownership rights, is opposed to drug laws, and is in favor of legalizing marijuana. Ron Paul would be considered a centrist/libertarian in the political view.

Gov. Jim Gilmore Opposes abortion rights, opposes same sex marriage, strong anti-crime record, supports war on drugs, moderate on education issues, favors Social Security Reform, moderate support of Iraq policy, moderate on health issues, strong support of gun ownership rights, his statements had seemed to favor path to citizenship for illegal aliens, but recently has spoken strongly towards not allowing amnesty for illegal workers, supports increased military spending. Gov. Gilmore would be considered a Conservative/Populist.

By the way A Voice of Reason would be considered a Moderate/Centrist, but at times I do vary between Centrist/Populist.

If I had to pick a B-List candidate, I would pick Ron Paul. Some of his views could be called extreme, but he practices what he preaches. As a Doctor he didn’t accept gov’t insurance. He would either set up payment plans or not charge at all. He has never taken a gov’t funded junket and is not taking the congressional pension.

Kudos to this list🙂 I will link to it today for sure.
I thought Brownbeck was pro-flat-tax? But you would have to confirm that before posting it. I will do the quiz and post.

View wise there are several of these I like. HOWEVER, 2 other important factors for a candidate are:
1. leadership quality, and with most of these I know nothing. are they effective leaders?
2. winnability. Because to me the worst thing that could happen was to lose to a socialist.

I think his immigration statements from 2001 were geared more toward *legal* immigration, which is a different ballgame. However, I don’t think he’s ever supported any kind of amnesty or “path to citizenship” for people here illegally.

He’s something of an authority on homeland security issues and considers illegal immigration to be as much a national security issue as a cultural or economic one.